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Wimbledon 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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BOROUGH OF WIMBLEDON. TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1909.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 0. | 5 to 13. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (H) | - | - | - | - | - | (H) | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 90 | 1 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 6 | - | 10 | - | 6 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 67 |
| Erysipelas | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2. | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | — | - | — | ||
| Scarlet fever | 316 | — | 56 | 207 | 34 | 19 | — | 19 | 12 | 41 | 57 | 96 | 91 | — | 4 | 19 | 41 | 68 | 57 | 202 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 447 | 3 | 78 | 2.59 | 54 | 49 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 72 | 130 | 143 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 47 | 92 | 84 | 270 |
The Isolation Hospital for Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever and Diphtheria Patients is situated in Gap Road, Wimbledon ; and the
Hospital for Small-pox (Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Board) at Cheam, Surrey.